Matthews v. Hobbs

Summary

The court affirmed dismissal of a habeas-corpus petition challenging a 1981 guilty-plea conviction for capital murder. It held that the petitioner neither demonstrated facial invalidity of the judgment nor established that the trial court lacked jurisdiction, and that his competency-related claim was unsupported and not cognizable as a vehicle for retrial. The court also declined to consider additional claims raised for the first time on appeal.